great Andràs, thanks.
I agree with HC, we should be more radical, and focus the first paragraph on a very simple and concise statement on what Pd does, and who is interested in using it (see processing and max example posted by HC).
- what it does (sound, image, www, for installation, performances, concerts, interactive scenery, etc... let's use some keywords here) - who find it useful (artist, programmers, musicians, video artist, dance company, hardware makers because it's so portable) - where to get it (your paragraph looks very good to me) - who did it and why
that should be more than enough... my 2cents!
cheers,
-- Marco Donnarumma New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director. Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team. Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner hans@at.or.atwrote:
That's steps in the right direction, for sure. I think you should take a more radical approach: start writing things from scratch, then use the old one as a source for some text here and there.
The current text does a terrible job of explaining to total newbies what Pd is and why they might be interested. The Processing blurb is decent:
"Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions. Initially developed to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing also has evolved into a tool for generating finished professional work. Today, there are tens of thousands of students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists who use Processing for learning, prototyping, and production." http://processing.org/
Max/MSP is worth looking at too:
"For over twenty years, Max has been used by performers, artists, and composers to make cutting-edge work by connecting basic functional blocks together into unique applications. Max gives you the parts to make your own music, sound, video, and interactive media applications. Simply add objects to a visual canvas and connect them together to make noise, experiment, and play." http://cycling74.com/products/max/
.hc
On Nov 17, 2012, at 2:21 PM, András Murányi wrote:
Sirs,
I've made a proposal, please take a look and comment:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VrM68BbNvi0VrPaLv3__C_wvNgxd5KK2Pp3Ci_1V... (comments are enabled, editing is disabled, please start a new doc for eventual revisions)
András
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Nicolas Montgermont < nicolas_montgermont@yahoo.fr> wrote:
We had a discussion in march about the home text: http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pdweb/2012-03/000843.html it stopped too early :) This may be a base to start n
*De :* Marco Donnarumma devel@thesaddj.com *À :* András Murányi muranyia@gmail.com *Cc :* "pdweb@iem.at Web" pdweb@iem.at *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 11 novembre 2012 16h56 *Objet :* Re: [Pdweb] rename "download Pd" to "Downloads"
good idea, yes, maybe send us your content, this list has way less members than the others, so we can edit collaboratively/agree on things quite fast.
thanks!
-- Marco Donnarumma New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director. Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team. Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London
Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 3:34 PM, András Murányi <muranyia@gmail.com>wrote: Now I'd just enrich the intro text on the main page with some direct links (for RJDJ, LibPd and whatever is mentioned there) and I think a tiny bit of clarification is missing about Vanilla (currently mentioned as "The Core of Pd) and extended (not mentioned at all). If there are no objections, I'll commit directly to the page, otherwise I'll post a revised version here first. András On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Marco Donnarumma <devel@thesaddj.com>wrote: yea, nice.. -- Marco Donnarumma New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director. Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team. Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of LondonPortfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:28 PM, András Murányi muranyia@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:18 PM, András Murányi muranyia@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Marco Donnarumma devel@thesaddj.comwrote:
if I remember correctly, adding something to a page might be tricky (at least with this version of Plone, the only I know). I will look into it, although I don't have much time at the moment, so anybody who wants to chip in before me is welcome :)
Let me into the Zope Management Interface and I'll try to tame the old beast.
András
Oh! Just noticed the fresh changes. The links on the top of the right column are cooler then I thought (ie both links are there), bravo! As for the menu, I'd suggest "Downloads" instead of "Download" then.
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